Cancer care
After colon cancer surgery: discussing additional treatment
Use postoperative pathology, recurrence risk and recovery information to discuss whether additional treatment is appropriate after colon cancer surgery.
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Cancer care
Low-risk prostate cancer: active surveillance or treatment
Understand active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer, the records needed to assess suitability and the follow-up commitments behind the decision.
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Cancer care
Surgery or radiotherapy for prostate cancer: comparing proposals
Compare prostate cancer surgery and radiotherapy using the same risk assessment, baseline function, additional treatment requirements and follow-up plan.
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Cancer care
Borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: questions for the team
Clarify borderline pancreatic resectability, treatment before surgery, imaging requirements and the criteria for a later operative reassessment.
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Cancer care
A Whipple operation in Turkey: what the plan and quotation should cover
Check a Whipple-operation quotation for clinical suitability, surgical scope, inpatient care, nutrition, additional costs and follow-up after Turkey.
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Cancer care
Stomach cancer: discussing partial or total gastrectomy
Prepare the tumour location, pathology and treatment history needed to compare partial gastrectomy and total gastrectomy, including nutrition and follow-up.
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Cancer care
Advanced stomach cancer: biomarkers that inform treatment discussions
Organize biomarker reports in advanced stomach cancer and connect them to a specific treatment decision without assuming that more testing guarantees an option.
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Cancer care
Kidney tumour surgery: can part of the kidney be preserved?
Discuss kidney preservation using tumour anatomy, the function of both kidneys, operative limits and the records needed for another surgical opinion.
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Cancer care
Muscle-invasive bladder cancer: discussing removal and preservation
Compare cystectomy and bladder preservation using confirmed stage, baseline function, the complete treatment combination and long-term surveillance.
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Cancer care
Liver lesions: primary cancer or metastases and why the distinction matters
Understand why the origin of liver lesions determines the specialist team and treatment discussion, and prepare records for diagnostic clarification.
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Cancer care
Ovarian cancer: surgery first or chemotherapy before surgery?
Discuss primary cytoreduction and chemotherapy before ovarian cancer surgery using the diagnosis, disease distribution, health and reassessment plan.
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Cancer care
After melanoma removal: margins, sentinel nodes and the next plan
Connect melanoma pathology after removal with possible wider excision, sentinel-node assessment, further treatment and a proportionate follow-up plan.
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